It was a foggy afternoon and I decided to venture down to Granville Island to see if I could get any interesting shots. I couldn’t get inspired, so I just watched a few street performers to pass the time. I thought the evening light would make a difference but again, things just didn’t come together as expected. I took a few shots but didn’t get anything great. After sunset, I walked around the seawall to Science World and took a few shots in the area. It was one of those nights where I went out to get a specific shot and just couldn’t get it. Some people things you can just go out and get a good shot, but in...

Some shots from the 2012 Vancouver RioTinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival. Saturday, June 16th was an absolutely miserable day with solid rain all day. I didn’t even go down to the event as sitting in the rain watching is not much fun. Sunday was much nicer, and I did get out to watch the racing and take a few photos. Heading out to race Racing One of the racers, a dragon boat team, and me. Concord Pacific Flying Dragons One and Too (processed in the style of “300”) The Gong Show that is the Guts and Glory race. 16 teams race 4 legs of 500m, which means they need to make a three turns. These boats, with 22...

What a great day for some dragon boat racing. Since my wife is on a team, I went down to take some photos and enjoy the nice weather. Spring Sprint is a warm up to the big Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, which is in mid June. The boats are smaller, only 10 paddlers instead of the usual 20 and the distance is substantially shorter as well. Still fun to watch, especially when you can soak up the sun after the miserable April showers. The races are held in False Creek with downtown Vancouver as the backdrop. Hard to find a nicer venue than this. The staging area is right beside Science World. Some shots of the action. ...

A few of the processed team photos. I’ll have the rest of the photos available soon. Click on the photo to view a larger version. You can also download the high resolution version of these photos here (140 MB, it’s big). Team 1 Team 2 Group Shots Black and white version And one processed in the style of the movie “300”, just for fun :) Adding one just for Brian. Random Shots Bob, the team, and me Team mascot getting a belly rub Rough life Katie giving me the eye Steve conserving his energy Lunch Stefa with offspring Guys clowning around...